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Reader | Orphic Hymns, Hymn 27
Orphic Hymns
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| 1 | Primary Hermes, draw near, and to my pray'r incline, angel of Jove [Zeus], and Maia's son divine; |
| 2 | Primary Studious of contests, ruler of mankind, with heart almighty, and a prudent mind. |
| 3 | Primary Celestial messenger, of various skill, whose pow'rful arts could watchful Argus kill: |
| 4 | Primary With winged feet, 'tis thine thro' air to course, O friend of man, and prophet of discourse: |
| 5 | Primary Great life-supporter, to rejoice is thine, in arts gymnastic, and in fraud divine: |
| 6 | Primary With pow'r endu'd all language to explain, of care the loos'ner, and the source of gain. |
| 7 | Primary Whose hand contains of blameless peace the rod, Corucian, blessed, profitable God; |
| 8 | Primary Of various speech, whose aid in works we find, and in necessities to mortals kind: |
| 9 | Primary Dire weapon of the tongue, which men revere, be present, Hermes, and thy suppliant hear; |
| 10 | Primary Assist my works, conclude my life with peace, give graceful speech, and me memory's increase. |